California couple finds $10 million in gold coins

March 4, 2014

The Chronicle

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A view of the old San Francisco Mint is seen through a stereoscopic viewer next to a copy of "Wasp", a mid-19th Century satirical magazine on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 in Lafayette, Calif. Robert Chandler, a foremost historian of the Old West believes that the recently found stash of gold coins worth $10 million is likely to be the accumulation of someone's life savings.

The Chronicle

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A view of the old San Francisco Mint is seen through a stereoscopic viewer next to a copy of "Wasp", a mid-19th Century satirical magazine on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 in Lafayette, Calif. Robert Chandler, a foremost historian of the Old West believes that the recently found stash of gold coins worth $10 million is likely to be the accumulation of someone's life savings.